The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-25
SCCCi AND HIS E!)yin.

case.
SUCCi AND HIS E!ANis
'Wh:t do l think OF Succi and his
elixir, q drop Of which enaFlcs him, to
fast forty-ci.ht hours? Though / think
s1lc!, % thing would hc II vrry beneficial
discovery, take 10 stock il t. As TO
Fisher, whose elixir it is cin;ilcI will Gu
nbl> other people to fast, | .'!in', .yI,,.
he attributes to the effect OF his elixir, is
due simply to Il belief that it makes fast
ing uniniur",la. 1t is u ,n;.'icv OF fact
that person docs feel better after fast
of forty eight hours. 1t is true that Il
craving for food will take place in this
time, hccanSo thc system is il, the habit
OF taking food, hut after that the sc,lsa-
ton does not occur.
''rhc application Of all this is the en-.
lis:men. Of all tho Intellectual faculties.
person to fast through the will power,
not believing, It is right, would destroy
the nervous SYSTEM ia two or three days.
But il there is y full belief that it can be
done, without harm, one can TO it easily.
The trouble i the majority Of people be-
lieve that it can't be done, and thus pco-
pie ir!ghtcn thc:nel'cG TO death rather
than starve 10 death. / never found,
until l tasted, q h'.,aa, Observation-Disclosures
or anybody elsc-who thought it ut all
probable suc;! /. thing could Lc done. Even
now leading physicians insist that it can't
be done. For years have given the sub
jcct special study. and believe it is time
now, in the renewed agitation OF the sub
ject. to make the application. Either
fasting, is good thing or it isn't. This
Is the secret taat physicians. physiolo-
.ists and scientists have not found out
yet
GREAT REMEDIAL AGENT.
'sSuppo'c the prejudice against fasting
to be removed, what will be the practical
rcsults:'
''lt would DC shown to he the greatest
remedial agent ;snown. IT. would be the
means; % killing incipicnt diseases and
effect rculn rk;,hle cures. With the preju-
dice a.ai;is' fasting wholly renewed amy
one IN the enjoyment of perfect health,
ConlN fast two or three weeks without in
cc:lFc:sicnvc. Bat il q man should fast
simply rs I'll experiment.. without y full
belief that b.. co.!ti do il, he would H.
himself. Aiy own life was saved by fast
ing. | s!on't IDOL: li!;. Il very sick man
now, Il" J: and yet al eat a day is u
small lu;li cf bread aud a'nie fruit. with
two or three cups Of coffee. lMr. Girls
com is u large, well bailt man, weighing
over oOD pounds. and has Il ru,l,ly hcu!thy
lool..)
II walk live or ten miles u day, have u
clear head ani ncvcrat thought OF hunger.
/ hnv> got 10 prefer this w:y OF living,
ana ..!:'' it amply sufficient. Frcni this I
am convinced tl,,J people would be a
good deal hralt!,icr IL they sho3!d cat
less.
care son willing 10 ticrlnn5iratc these
ideas 80 the ,,:li,|ic.'
81 have gotten ;i.rouyI. with fasting,
and had al:uC>t forgotten abou. my long
fast until tiic attention now being called
to the subject recalled it To me, and
would moi undertake 10 lHat again unless
it should become ;mpovtnnt in the inter
csts of science 10 do sn Even then
should want everything: a''out til" expert
n,cnt to Lc Thoroughly respectable and to
be invited to do so by Che best authority.
If il seemed necessary TO get at the truth,
as compared with elixir business, then /
would BE- willing to put myself entirely
under scientific care for, Say, thirty days
fast, regarding which psychologists might
make their own conditions pro:idcd they
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